Obadiah 1:1 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ The vision of Obadiah,––Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, concerning Edom––A rumour, have we heard from Yahweh, and, a herald, throughout the nations, hath been sent, Up! and let us rise against her to war.

⁷ Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem,––how they continued to say––Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it.

² That sendeth, by the sea, ambassadors, Even in vessels of paper–reed, upon the face of the waters,––Go, ye swift messengers, Unto a nation drawn out and polished, Unto a people terrible from their beginning and onwards,––A nation most mighty and subduing, Whose land rivers, have cut through. ³ All ye inhabitants of the world, And ye, that dwell in the earth,––When there is lifted up an ensign on the mountains, Ye shall look, And, when there is blown a horn, Ye shall hearken.

¹¹ The oracle on Dumah: Unto me, is one crying––out of Seir, Watchman! how far gone is the night? Watchman! how far gone is the night?

⁴ For, their princes, have been, in Zoan,––And, their messengers, unto Hanes, would draw near.

¹ Come near, ye nations, to hear, And, ye races, attend,––Let the earth hear, and the fulness thereof, The world, and all things produced therefrom: ² That Yahweh, hath wrath against all the nations, and indignation against all their host,––He hath devoted them to destruction, He hath delivered them to slaughter; ³ And, their slain, shall be cast out, And, their carcases, the stench of them, shall ascend,––And, the mountains, shall melt away, with their blood. ⁴ Then shall be dissolved, all the host of the heavens, And the heavens, shall roll up as a scroll,––Yea, all their host, shall fade––Like the fading and falling of a leaf from a vine, and, Like what fadeth and falleth from a fig–tree. ⁵ For my sword, hath been sated in the heavens,––Lo! upon Edom, shall it descend, Even on the people whom I have devoted to justice. ⁶ A sword, hath Yahweh––Glutted with blood, Sated with fat,––With the blood of well–fed lambs, and he–goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams,––For, a sacrifice, hath Yahweh, in Bozrah, Yea a great slaughter, in the land of Edom; ⁷ Then shall buffaloes come down with them, And bullocks with bulls,––So shall their land be soaked with blood, And, their dust, with fat, shall be enriched. ⁸ For, a day of avenging, hath Yahweh,––A year of requitals, for the quarrel of Zion.
⁹ Then shall, the torrents thereof, be turned, into pitch, And, the dust thereof, into brimstone,––So shall her land become burning pitch: ¹⁰ Neither, night nor day, shall it be quenched, To times age–abiding, shall ascend the smoke thereof,––From generation to generation, shall it be waste, Never, never, shall any pass through it: ¹¹ That the vomiting pelican and the bittern, may possess it: And, the great owl and the raven, dwell therein; Then will he stretch out over it, The line of desolation, and, The plummet of emptiness. ¹² Her nobles (but none are, there!) unto royalty, will call,––All, all her princes, shall become nought. ¹³ Then shall come up, in her palaces, thorns, Nettles and thistles, in her fortresses,––And she shall become, A home for wild dogs, An enclosure for ostriches; ¹⁴ Then shall criers meet with howlers, And, the shaggy creature, unto his fellow, shall call,––Only, there, shall, the night–spectre, Make her settlement, And find for herself a place of rest: ¹⁵ There, shall, the arrow–snake, Make her nest and lay, And hatch, and gather under her shadow,––Only, there, shall be gathered the falcons, every one with her mate. ¹⁶ Seek ye out of the scroll of Yahweh, and read, Not, one from among them, is lacking, None, hath missed, her mate,––For, a mouth, hath, itself, commanded, And, his spirit, hath, itself, gathered them: ¹⁷ Yea, he himself, hath cast for them a lot, And, his own hand, hath given to them a portion, by line,––Unto times age–abiding, shall they possess it, To generation after generation, shall they dwell therein.

¹ Who, is this, coming in from Edom, With bright–red garments, from Bozrah? This, made splendid in his raiment, Marching on in the greatness of his strength? I, speaking in righteousness, Mighty to save. ² Wherefore, is there red, on thy raiment,––And thy garments, as of one treading in a wine–trough? ³ A winepress, have I trodden, alone, And, of the peoples, there was no, man with me. So I trod them down, in mine anger, And trampled upon them, in mine indignation,––And their life–blood besprinkled my garments, And, all mine apparel, I defiled; ⁴ For, a day of avenging, was in my heart, And, the year of my redeemed, had come. ⁵ Therefore looked I around, and there was none to help,––And I was astonished, that there was none to uphold,––So, mine own arm, brought me salvation, And, mine indignation, the same, upheld me; ⁶ Then trod I down peoples, in mine anger, And make them drunk, with mine indignation, And brought down to the earth their life–blood.

⁴ Hallow ye against her a war, Arise! and let us go up in broad noon. Woe to us, for the day, hath turned, for the shadows of evening, stretch along. ⁵ Arise! and let us go up in the night, And let us destroy her palaces.

²⁵ Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh,––When I will bring punishment upon every one circumcised, With him that is uncircumcised: ²⁶ Upon Egypt and upon Judah, And upon Edom, and upon the sons of Ammon, And upon Moab, And upon all the clipped beards, The dwellers in the desert,––For, all the nations, are uncircumcised, And, all the house of Israel, are uncircumcised, in heart.

¹⁷ So I took the cup out of the hand of Yahweh,––and caused all the nations, unto whom Yahweh had sent me, to drink:

²¹ Edom and Moab, and the sons of Ammon;

⁷ Of Edom––Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Is there, no longer, wisdom in Teman? Hath counsel perished from the discerning? Is, their wisdom, corrupt? ⁸ Flee ye, turn, go down deep to dwell, O inhabitant of Dedan,––For, the doom of Esau, have I brought in upon him, The time of his visitation. ⁹ If, grape–gatherers, came to thee, Would they not leave, gleanings? If, thieves in the night, Would they not have taken away what sufficed them? ¹⁰ But, I, have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, And, to conceal himself, shall he not be able! Spoiled, are his seed, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is, not. ¹¹ Leave thy fatherless children, I, will preserve them alive,––And, thy widows, In me, let them trust. ¹² For, thus, saith Yahweh––Lo! they who had not been adjudged to drink the cup, shall surely drink, And art, thou, the one to go, unpunished? Thou shalt not go unpunished, but, shalt surely drink. ¹³ For, by myself, have I sworn, Declareth Yahweh, That, Bozrah, shall become, an astonishment, a reproach, and a desolation, and a contempt,––And, all her cities, shall become age–abiding desolations. ¹⁴ A report, have I heard from Yahweh, Yea, an envoy, throughout the nations, hath been sent,––Gather yourselves together, and come against her, And arise to the battle. ¹⁵ For lo! Small, have I made thee among the nations,––Despised among men! ¹⁶ Thy monstrous thing, hath deceived thee, The insolence of thy heart, O thou that inhabitest the hidden recesses of the cliff, That holdest fast the height of the hill,––Though thou set high, as an eagle, thy nest, From thence, will I bring thee down, Declareth Yahweh; ¹⁷ So shall, Edom, become, an astonishment,––Every one passing by her, will be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues: ¹⁸ Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and her neighbours, Saith Yahweh,––There shall not dwell there––a man, Nor sojourn therein––any son of the earth–born. ¹⁹ Lo! like a lion, will he come up from the majesty of the Jordan, unto the pasture perennial, But I will wink––I will make him run away therefrom, Who, then shall be the Chosen One whom, over it, I may set in charge? For who, shall be like unto, me? And who, shall appoint, me, a time? And who, is, the Shepherd, that shall stand before, me? ²⁰ Wherefore, hear ye, The counsel of Yahweh, which he hath counseled against Edom, And his devices which he hath devised against the inhabitants of Teman,––Surely the little ones of the flock, shall drag them away, Surely he will cause their fold to be astounded over them. ²¹ At the noise of their fall, hath trembled the earth, At the outcry, in the Red Sea, was heard its noise. ²² Lo! as an eagle, he shall mount and dart, and spread his wings over Bozrah,––So shall the heart of the heroes of Edom, in that day, become as the heart of a woman in her pain.

⁹ For lo! I, am rousing and bringing up against Babylon, a gathered host of great nations, out of the land of the North, And they shall array themselves against her, From thence, shall she be captured,––His arrows, are as of a hero making childless, None shall return, empty. ¹⁰ So shall the Chaldeans become a spoil,––All her spoilers, shall be satisfied, Declareth Yahweh; ¹¹ Because they used to be glad, Because they used to be uproarious, When plundering mine inheritance,––Because they used to caper about as a heifer at grass, And bellow like bulls. ¹² Your mother, hath turned very pale, She that bare you, hath turned red,––Lo! the last of nations, is––A desert, A parched land, and, A waste plain. ¹³ Because of the vexation of Yahweh, she shall not be inhabited, But shall become a complete, desolation,––Every one passing by Babylon, shall be astonished and hiss, over all her plagues. ¹⁴ Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, All ye who tread the bow, Shoot at her, do not spare so much as an arrow,––For, against Yahweh, hath she sinned. ¹⁵ Raise a shout against her round about, She hath stretched forth her hand, Fallen, are her buttresses, Torn down, are her walls,––Because, the avenging of Yahweh, it is, Take ye vengeance upon her, As she hath done, do ye, unto her.

²⁷ Set ye up an ensign in the earth, Blow ye a horn among the nations, Hallow against her––nations, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz,––Set in charge against her a marshal, Bring up cavalry like hairy locusts: ²⁸ Hallow against her––nations, With the kings of Media, With her governors and all her deputies,––And with all the land of his dominion:

⁴⁶ And let not your heart be timid, nor be ye afraid, Because of the report that is reported in the earth, When there shall come, in one year, the report, And, after that, in another year, the report, With violence in the earth, and ruler upon ruler.

²¹ Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, thou inhabitress in the and of Uz,––Even unto thee, shall the cup pass along, thou shalt be drunken, and expose thy shame. ²² Completed is thy punishment, O daughter of Zion, He will no more carry thee away captive––He hath punished thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom, he hath stripped the veil from off thy sins.

¹² Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because of what Edom hath done, in taking vengeance on the house of Judah, so that they have become guilty again and again, and have taken vengeance upon them, ¹³ Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, I will therefore stretch forth my hand over Edom, and will cut off therefrom man and beast, And will deliver it up as a desolation, from Teman, And, they of Dedan, by the sword, shall fall, ¹⁴ And I will put forth mine avenging against Edom, by the hand of my people Israel, And they shall deal with Edom, according to mine anger and according to mine indignation,––So shall they know mine avenging, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh,

³ and thou shalt say to it, Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Behold me! against thee, Mount Seir,––Therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, And I will make thee a desolation and an astonishment: ⁴ Thy cities, will I lay waste, And, thou––a desolation, shalt become,––So shalt thou know, that, I, am Yahweh. ⁵ Because thou hast had an age–abiding enmity, And hast delivered up the sons of Israel unto the hands of the sword,––In the time of their misfortune, In the time of the final punishment for iniquity, ⁶ Therefore, as I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, Surely, regarding blood, will I deal with thee, Blood, therefore, shall pursue thee,––Since, blood, thou hast not hated, Therefore, blood, shall pursue thee, ⁷ So then I will deliver up Mount Seir, to desolation after desolation,––And will cut off therefrom, him that passeth by and him that returneth, ⁸ And I will fill his mountains with his slain,––As for thy hills and thy hollows and all thy channels, they who are thrust through by the sword, shall fall therein: ⁹ Desolations age–abiding, will I make thee, And, thy cities, shall not be inhabited,––So shall ye know, that, I, am Yahweh.
¹⁰ Because thou hast said, the two nations, and the two lands, mine, shall become, that we may possess it, Whereas, Yahweh, had been, there, ¹¹ Therefore, as I live, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh, I will even deal according to thine anger, and according to thine envy, wherewith thou hast dealt, out of thy hatred, with them,––So will I make myself known among them, as soon as I shall judge thee! ¹² And thou shalt know, that, I Yahweh, have heard all thy revilings, which thou hast uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They have become desolate,––To us, have they been given for food; ¹³ And so ye have magnified yourselves against me, with your mouth, And have caused to abound against me, your words,––I, have heard! ¹⁴ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh,––When all the earth is rejoicing, a desolation, will I make thee: ¹⁵ As thou didst rejoice over the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it had become a desolation, so, will I do unto thee,––A desolation, shalt thou become, O Mount Seir, And all Edom, all of it, So shall they know, that, I, am Yahweh.

¹⁹ Egypt, to a desolation, shall be turned, and, Edom, to a desert most desolate, shall be changed,––because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, in that they shed innocent blood in their land.

¹¹ Thus, saith Yahweh, Because of three transgressions of Edom, and because of four, will I not turn it back,––Because he pursued, with the sword, his brother, and stifled his compassions, and his anger tare in pieces evermore, and, his indignation, kept watch perpetually, ¹² Therefore will I send a fire into Teman,––which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah.

¹³ One making a breach, hath gone up, before them, they have broken in, and passed through, and, by the gate, have departed,––and their king, hath passed through, before them, with, Yahweh, at their head!

³ And, Esau, have I hated,–– and made his mountains a desolation, and his inheritance [a dwelling] for the jackals of the wilderness. ⁴ Whereas Edom, may say, We are laid waste, but we will again build the desolate places, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, They, may build, but, I, will pull down,–– and men shall call them, The Boundary of Lawlessness, and, The people with whom Yahweh hath indignation unto times age–abiding;

⁶ Moreover ye will be sure to be hearing of wars, and rumours of wars: Mind! be not alarmed, for it must needs happen,––but, not yet, is, the end;

⁷ And, when ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars, be not alarmed––it must needs come to pass, but, not yet, is, the end.